It’s officially game week. The Eagles were on the field Sunday afternoon preparing for their Thursday night opener against the Falcons.

The two teams met in January at The Linc in a divisional round matchup that ended in a 15-10 Eagles victory. I re-watched the film from that game and dug into some numbers provided by Sportradar. Here are 10 things to know about the matchup.

1. Let’s start with the Falcons’ defensive scheme. Dan Quinn comes from the Pete Carroll coaching tree, and Atlanta is a single-high safety team that runs primarily Cover 3 and Cover 1. The Falcons don’t try to fool opposing offenses. They play their defense and see a lot of the same route concepts every week. Atlanta wants to eliminate big plays and force opponents to methodically move the ball down the field.

“They don’t do a lot defensively, they kind of just line up and make you march down the field,” Pederson said. “Those have always...